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Miniature Ion Optics Towards A Micro Mass Spectrometer, Ashish Chaudhary
Miniature Ion Optics Towards A Micro Mass Spectrometer, Ashish Chaudhary
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This PhD dissertation reports the development of miniature ion optics components of a mass spectrometer (MS) with the ultimate goal to lay the foundation for a compact low-power micromachined MS (µMS) for broad-range chemical analysis. Miniaturization of two specific components a) RF ion traps and b) an ion funnel have been investigated and miniature low-power versions of these components have been developed and demonstrated successfully in lab experiments. Power savings, simpler electronics and packaging schemes required to operate the micro-scale RF cylindrical ion traps have been the key motivation driving this research. Microfabricated cylindrical ion traps (µCITs) and arrays in …